# Incident 19790728014109I: Cessna 182, Stormville, NY, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 18:45 local time
- Place: Stormville, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.5704° N, 73.7454° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stormville, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5704&lon=-73.7454&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5666B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5666B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728014109I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SKYDIVER FATALITY.

## Other reports on N5666B (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810419030439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810419030439I), Apr 19, 1981: Cessna 182 (N5666B), Stormville, NY, 1 fatal. Fatal parachute accident. Drugs involved.
- [Incident 19810222015979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810222015979I), Feb 22, 1981: Cessna 182 (N5666B), Stormville, NY. Fatal parachute incident. Chute did not completely open.
- [Incident 19790623016129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790623016129I), Jun 23, 1979: Cessna 182 (N5666B), Stormville, NY, 1 fatal. Jumper made no attempt to deploy main or reserve chute. Reserve chute had the wrong log record.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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